Baltimore Ravens Exchange 5,595 Ray Rice Jerseys, Run Out Of Replacements
The team reportedly spent somewhere in the “six figures” on the trade-ins, reports CNNMoney, and had to hand out vouchers for replacement jerseys to 2,400 fans who went home otherwise empty-handed (for the time being, because that’s how vouchers work).
All told, more than 7,000 people showed up to the M&T Bank Stadium during the trade-ins on Friday and Saturday, a team spokesman said.
Rice was dropped by the Ravens after new footage surfaced of him striking his then-fiancee in an elevator in an Atlantic City Casino.
So what will happen to all those Rice jerseys? The team spokesman says the jerseys will be donated to a company that deals with scrap material.
Ravens spend ‘six figures’ on Ray Rice jersey swap [CNNMoney]
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